Hat-fastener.



N0. 658,805. Patented 0M. 2, 1900. G. SCHNEIDER.

HAT FASTENER.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,805, dated October 2, 1900. Application filed December 22, 1899. Serial No. 741,225. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GEORGE SCHNEIDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hat-Pins, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for fastening ladies hats upon'the head; and it relates to that class which employ a long pin stuck through the hat and into the hair.

One object of the invention is to provide such a fastening device with means to avoid marring the hat or the ribbon-band around the hat by preventing the pin which holds the hat from making numerous holes or punctures.

Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this character which will be secured to the hat and will not accidentally become disengaged and be lost and the operating parts of which will be entirely concealed when in use. 7

With these objects in view the invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a cross-section of a hat showing the application of my improved fastener. Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2 2 of Fig. 4. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the metal eyelet and the tangs projecting therefrom. Fig. 4 illustrates a side view of the pin proper with the head sectioned to illustrate the attached parts.

In the drawings,ct designates the pin proper, having a hollow head I), with an opening b.

- The pin or projects through the opening b and its end is suitably secured in the opposite interior wall thereof. A spiral spring 0 surrounds the pin and is secured at one end within said hollow head, and the free end of the spring is suitably secured to one side of an eyelet d, which also surrounds the pin, and the spring plays freely through the opening I). The opposite side of the eyelet d is provided with tangs or fingers c. It will be seen that the parts thus far described are all secured together.

In securing the pin to the hat F, I provide the vertical wall g of the crown h with a hole through which the tangs e are inserted and then bent laterally, as in Fig. 1, and thereby secure the eyelet and connected parts to the hat. The wall of the crown h at the side di ametrically opposite the eyelet d is provided with an additional eyelet 11, having a flaring or funnel-shaped month which receives the end of the pin a and guides the same through the said eyelet i.

When the device is to'be operated, the pin is first drawn outward against the action of the spring, as in Fig. 1, and the hat placed upon the head. The pin. is then passed through the hair and the point end inserted in the eyelet 1; until the head of the pin is drawn inward by means of the spring and contacts with the wall g of the crown. It will thus be seen that the spring keeps the pin in the inserted position and that while in such position the spring is entirely concealed within the hollow head, as in Fig. 4.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a hat-fastener the combination of a hat; two eyelets each secured at an opposite side of the vertical wall of said hat; a pin having a head and passing loosely through one of said eyelets and adapted for the point of the pin to enter the eyelet at the opposite side; and a spiral spring surrounding the pin and having one end secured to said head and the other end secured to-the eyelet through which the pin first enters, whereby the spiral spring draws the pin in a straight line so that its point will enter and be retained in the point-end, eyelet.

2. In a hat-fastener the combination of a hollow head provided with an opening at one side; a pin passing through said opening and secured in said head; an eyelet for attachment to the hat; and a spiral spring surrounding the pin and secured at one end within the hollow head and passing through the opening in said head and at the other end secured to said eyelet whereby normally the spring will be concealed within said head.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE SCHNEIDER.

Witnesses:

F. W. BARNACLO, CHARLES VIETSCH. 

